Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii

  

  Hartlaub's Bustard is a ground-dwelling bird active by day in open eastern African grassland. It eats both plant and animal foods.

• Red Viscacha Rat Tympanoctomys barrerae

  

  The red viscacha rat burrows in dune belts around saline lakes and feeds on salt-tolerant plants. It has a yellow-brown back, white underside, and long, bicolored tail.

• Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius

  

  A dromedary is a one-humped domestic camel. People have long kept it for transport in dry regions of North Africa and the Middle East.

• Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus

  

  This species is endemic to Puerto Rico's mountain forests. It often stays hidden in dense vegetation but forages in small mixed-species flocks.

• Brazilian Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus septemcinctus

  

  The Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo is the smallest species in its genus. Its shell has six or seven movable bands.

• Short-eared owl Asio flammeus

  

  An owl with yellow eyes and mottled brown plumage, seen hunting over grasslands and wetlands in Britain.

• Philippine Fairy-bluebird Irena cyanogastra

  A fruit-eating forest bird endemic to the Philippines, it searches for figs and other fruit high in the canopy. Both sexes have glossy blue-and-black plumage.

• White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

  The white-lipped peccary looks like a pig but belongs to a different family. It searches for food in groups.

• Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

  The greater one-horned rhinoceros lives along rivers in northern India and southern Nepal.

• Malaysian Rail-babbler Eupetes macrocerus

  It has long legs and a long tail and searches for food on the forest floor. It rarely flies and avoids open patches, according to the account.

• Robust Golden Mole Amblysomus robustus

  The robust golden mole digs through soil and eats insects and earthworms. Its eyes and ears are hidden by fur.

• Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

  A small waterbird of lakes, ponds and slow rivers. It dives for fish and other prey and raises young on nests that appear to float.

• Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius

  This blackbird occurs around lakes and lagoons in Argentina. Males are black and may show brown flecking in spring; females are streaked brown. A yellow shoulder stands out in flight.

• Sand Gazelle Gazella marica

  This gazelle lives in deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. It uses sand dunes and coastal flats and avoids steep, rocky ground. Its coat is pale fawn, and the facial markings are faint.

• Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus

  A mottled gray whale of the North Pacific, with a low hump in place of a dorsal fin.

• Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi

  This forest-dwelling bird is endemic to Cuba; its species page says it is most often seen in the eastern half of the island. The crown and back are gray, with yellow on the face and breast.

• Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons

  A wombat that digs underground burrows in dry southern Australia.

• Eurasian coot Fulica atra

  A swimming waterbird of lakes and ponds with a conspicuous white forehead.

• Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus

  In the Vietnamese adult description, the male’s head and breast are dark red, while the female’s are olive-brown. A study in Thailand found it nesting in cavities in rotting wood.

• Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat Mystacina tuberculata

  This short-tailed bat lives in New Zealand. The Department of Conservation describes it searching for food on the forest floor.

• European Mole Talpa europaea

  This stocky mole digs tunnels underground and searches for earthworms and other food in the soil.

• Angola Batis Batis minulla

  This small batis occurs mainly in western Central Africa. Males have a black facial mask and breast band, while females have a rufous breast band; the species uses forest and woodland.

• Somali Hedgehog Atelerix sclateri

  The Somali hedgehog is known from a small number of sites in northern Somalia. Dark spines on its back contrast with pale belly fur, while details of its life in the wild remain poorly documented.

• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

  A colorful bird with a chestnut head, yellow throat, and blue-green belly. It catches insects in flight.